Q & A: Spouse makes insensitive comments
Question: I can’t tell you how often my spouse has hurt my feelings with careless and cutting remarks. When I protest, he laughs and says he’s ...
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The impact of family violence on children
The term family violence refers to violent or abusive behaviour in the home directed toward one or more persons. In Australia, the Australian Bureau ...
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My spouse is verbally and emotionally abusive
Q. How should I respond to my spouse's insensitive words, manipulative mind games, and cruel put-downs? This has been a problem for the greater part ...
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Words that bruise: Are you emotionally abusive?
While we recognise that men are also victims of emotional abuse, most of the victims we hear from are women, so we are choosing to focus on them in ...
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Why an abused spouse won’t leave
The answer given in the 1920s to this question was that battered women were of low intelligence or mentally retarded. In the ’40s it was determined ...
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How to help a domestic violence victim
Focus on the Family is dedicated to bringing healing and restoration to couples who are struggling in their marriage. But God’s design for marriage ...
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The impact of family violence on children
The term family violence refers to violent or abusive behaviour in the home directed toward one or more persons. On average, one woman a week is ...
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Developing emotional intimacy
In his book, Soul Cravings, Erwin Raphael McManus writes eloquently about intimacy and love. "We are most alive when we find it, most devastated ...
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How to spot a batterer before the relationship begins
The following red flags are characteristics of an abuser. This does not mean that everyone who demonstrates one or two of these qualities will end up ...
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What does domestic violence look like?
We will refer to the abusers as “he” and the victims as “she” due to the extremely high ratio of women reported as victims compared to men. ...
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Unhealthy ways to argue
Previous article in this series: Effective communication with your teen Attempts at communication between parents and teens can be extremely ...
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How to create emotional word pictures
"We don't talk anymore!" shouted my wife, Cindy. "That's ridiculous," I said. "We talk all the time!" "But not ...
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